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DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, GENERAL AND LOCAL INELLIGENCE. VOLUME I. . LANCASTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10,1852. EN UMBER 10. I'll IT. I "Sunro vour vitiiwwifinnl I . ? - ^ LANCASTER LRDGERI' ne IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ~ lie' R. 8. BAILEY, iisl EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ,m ... m ^ 1 fri. i nil: TERMS: j ,|jc Two Dollars per year, if paid In ad- j sir Vance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if I ^ paid in six months; or Three Dollars, if,0"1 payment is delayed until the end of the j?y year. These terms will be rigidly ad- in 1 ^.i UUI UU IU? Advertisement* will be conspicuously ^Ci inserted at seventy-five cents per square of twelve lines, for the first insertion, sjj and thirty-seven and a half cents for each |j|n subsequent insertion. A single insertion wh One Dollar. Nothing will be counted less than a square. 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The Courts have decided that refu- f!el sing to take a newspaper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving wv it uncalled for, is prima fade evidence of *'it INTENTIONAL KitAtTI>. bio ALL KINDS OF | l>e JOB PRINTING i imi executed with neatness and despatch ! M this Office. \y lelprtfii Cnipnxi "OLD 11 L AY LOCK." S wis IIV TIIK KUlTOli Of TIIK LOO AN OAZCTTK. |ia, CH AITEIl I. j jp,, Among the older residents of Logan \ mn coumy, there are few but^kncw j>ersoii;dly, pi it or by reputation, the eccentric individual ej, known ra "Old IJIaylock." Tlio last time grc lie was seen by tbo writer of this article ?er was on a chilly, rainy day in tbo fall of tioi 1833. Ho was then a tnan perhaps six- ing tv-live years of age, bowed down and in- he! firm. 1 lis hair was quite gray, bis face ing w as flushed,as if by iiiteinperancc; and his of eye had a strange, restless glare, licspeak- ] ing a perturbed spirit. For many years, am if 1 am correctly informed, lie had lived ren alone in a hut somewhere in the vicinity of j Of Lake S|HMieer. He died soon after the ! ing time designated, a childless, friendless, de- 1 wit solute old man. I tire His reputation among his neight>ors ion was far froin being enviable. Many be- con lieved that lie was engaged in coining, and con circumstances rendered the suspicion plnu gci siiile. Ho bad been known to promise ' his creditors money at a specified time, 1 ed and when they would call for it ho would ter, pay thein Spanish dollars, hot, as if fresh hai from the dies. He was several tunes ar- life rested and examined; but he was either wo fTlliltleM*- OP ill #*IWP( ill til" p ? v ..ini.umtmiV 6111, of money, tliat he could never l>e detected. wa When his dollars were ottered in evidence, the none would swear that they were spuri- felt ou?. Others, equally uncharitattle, attrilt- 1 the utcd to Old Bla\ lock the diabolical arts I Wi of tlie sorcerer. Believing that he had , league and ouinpanionship with the Evil am * one, his presence was shunned by inuuy feel with superstitious dread. me But there were circumstances, unknown pai to the multitude, connected with tho early the history of Blaylock, amply sufficient to wa account for all his eccentricities. A crush* sid cd and Lt'okon heart throbbed in die So- ?W( soiu of that strango old man. And often ] when shut up in his hovel, the uncharita- am tile imagined him practising tho counter* got fetter's art, or in unholy communion with res ?he Spirit of Dnrknem, lie waa in truth ' brooding over the memory of a tunning 1 1>? wrong, of which, in youth, he l?nd been otli the victim. nor O, that there wm more charity in thin world of ounl that we were l?>s ready and willing to impnto ain to our fellow i men! For often do we tliun wrong thone Kv I who are guiltlese an onraelvoa. We have, em indeed, too little charity for the actual hut tranngnnnnr. I believe thnt man U the brt creature of cimunntancca. I do not ao a i far arraign the befc.-jSoence of the good int Ood who created ua, aa to believe that he eenda noine men into the world totally de- er'i pravod, montnlly and morally fitted for crime. I believe no auch thing. I do be- cor lieve that he who to-day preache* the gon- Kv Sol from the nnlpit, and he who f?>r mur- wh er auflfera death on the acaffold, might, fer by a change of circumntancce, have been ha made to change place*. And when I hear the aeif-righteoua man or woman denounce, fri< in bitter term*, theee who have ainned we and fkllen, I can aenrce refrain from ad- wh draasing them hi language like this: ua i ^ I >d that lie lias placed you in a position rar, icro the strength of your virtue was jmr vor tried!" Qui Kor the following facts I am indebted cxti no matter to whom. The reader may loss to them for what they aro worth; be- y0u Ire or disbelieve, as he chooses. 1 pub- I :i them in justice to the memory of a the in who had many faults, who had few unt ?nds, who lived unloved, and died uula- test nied; but who might have lived and I sd under other auspices, had not the aire cams of his sympathies and impulses tcr\ ?n poisoned at the fountain whence they witl anated. " "II lay lock" was the assumed name of the crard llhikeslv", the son of a farmer } one of the Eastern States. At the witl ic of which I write, his father was as I id, and he resided with his widowed dist ither. They were in comfortable cir- arri nstances, but not rich: a small farm, as- mi.. uously cultivated, afforded them a live- wlii nod. The little house on the hill side hiss ere they dwelt, was the admiration of the > whole neighborhood, and the traveller flee' 0 passed that unfrequented way paused I ig to contemplate its beauty. Not that scci ?as a* model of arthitecture, not that M allli had been lavished in its contruc- ley. ii, but because the hand of tnsto had L igiit the vines to climb by the windows, sull 1 had planted the lilac and honeysuckle J the door. There the locust spread its ide, there the rose exhaled its fragrance, ^ 1 there jhe birds sang sweetly through The i long summer day. "bin.! Within sight of the dwelling of the to I ikesleys lived their nearest neighbors, mat Joseph Jackson and Thomas Winstar. The ey were both wealthier than the Widow duti ikeslcy, but all three of the families atio 1 lived on those intimate and friendly 1 his so generally existent among the was tiling class of our people. cnt< Kverard Hlakesly and David Jackson, rani i son of old Joseph, were both about the ;nty two years of age. Thcv had been " intimate terms; not because of con- 41 liulity of disposition, but because in the gat* vencc of other male companions they 44 re, in a manner, compelled to associate yet h each other. David was an agreea- nor; companion when he was in the inood; my could sing a song and tell a story with moi rivalled success and minimise. Iff n..? ?cd in nn eminent degree those aecom- " .hmcnts which enptivnte tlie superficial pro' ikitudc. At every gathering of the ban tng folks of the neighborhood he was ' e to bo present, and wherever he was, Con re seel lie. I to be the point of attraction, thai r hours lie would entertain the crowd at I h uncodotos admirably told, or char u 1 hi with his sparkling, though uuculti- Dot cd repartee, lie was consequently' a son! orite, smiled upon and caressed. Dot as n er diseernera of huuiaii characU r would Spe re placed a different estimate on David onh kson; he would have marked the al>- 1 co of moral principle, without which she n, whatever may be hisshining aecom- , cent diluents, should be shunned and avoid- sion For one so far removed from the "< at school of the woilJ, ho was deeply inju sed in the dangerous art of diaaimula- too n: he possessed the facuhy of conceal- crin ; the most bitter hatred, and had a but irt capable of devising and a hand dar- in:i< ' eiutagh to execute the darkest scheme ?? revenge. H|10l Kverard, on tho other hand, was frank , no^ 1 opeu as tho day, uad possessed of a fro? i.arkahly quiet and amiable cast of milid. 0f [ a delicate organization, and of shrink- ...... sensibilities, he very rarely mingled 1 j h the crowd, lie loved rather the re- rjej iinent of the fireside, and the coin pan I ship of book*. Such means as the . intry afforded lio improved, ami he j isequently |x*>s4;?scd tar more iiilclli- jjp ice than his companion. wj|( The family of Tliomas Winstar consist- wj of himself, his wife and an only daugh- j.Qr i Ktlie Winstar was a blue-eyed, fair- j rd girl, now at tlie canning stage of j ^ when the form assumes the shape of crj(j man, while yet the heart retains the rcm iplieity of the child. All unconscious | ^ s slnvof the admiration she excited, but j jj i rustic youth for many a mile around, jic( , a strange thrill in the bosom when g iy heard pronounced the name of Effie instar. "l What wonder that Rverard Blakoaley ^ 1 David Jackson were rivals for her af- lion? What wonder that when they t at the quilling party, or the "apple- ^or nng," they strove which should have npft i bliss of holding her iittlo arm, ?f j Iking in tlie quiet moonlight by her ^pr e, of listening to the melody of her L*i TWfVI Kor months tliin rivaling had continued; ^ ^ J vain were the many attempts of the . ^ mips of tlio iicighliorhood to predict the Iho neighbor boys bocnmo estranged; m>" ,vid and Kverard were never seen in each ' ler's company, unless when tliey met at ne of the country gathering*. |',e ??. nop oiiartKU ii. One bright Septeintier evening, while ' erard sat with his mother in their vineI lowered home on the hill skle, ho was prised by the appearance of a little ithcr of I>avid Jacason, who brought p',e< message from the latter requesting an 'lpr erview. . * "Uomo down," Raid tho l?ov, "to falh- the i beru; lMvid will U> there." erin Really glad of an opportunity to be- dea ne reconciled to his old playmate, sees orard prococdcd to the appointed place, cret icre he found David in waiting to prof- he I him what seemed a frank and friendly fear nd. hufl "Krerard," aaid he, "wo have been bl? nde; we have been playmate* at school; 1 have grown to maebood etde by side; pro ly should there be bard feelings between the now!" 0 hui 'There is none on my part," said Evo- Her I .1; "most gladly do 1 take you by the she 1 id, and assuro you of my friendship.? name r separation has been to me a source of j remo pain; I have passed mauy sleepnights, because of feeling that I had All ir ill-will." ruinoi V reconciliation having been effected, remai two young men conversed together bears il a late hour, when, with mutual pro- senge ations of regard, they separated. comni Cverard returned to his home, and was distan ady beginning the narration of his in- and e iew with David, when his mother, it was li a voice of alarm, interrupted him? l'u What light is that Kveraru! As I live, the r house of Mr. Jackson is on fuel" volvc< -veraru rustiod to the door, and then, nal. Iiout pausing a moment, ran as swiftly guilt 10 could go to the scene of the tire, a yon w ance of a quarter of a mile; buterehc little I ved, the groat ham of fanner Jackson, verse d with grain, was in a conflagration The c eh nothing could counteract! llow it the i ed, ami roared, and flamed far up in lieved heavens! And the September sky re- words ted it back to earth. while >avid Jackson was contemplating the ed! le as Evcrard approach. Tin How did it occur, David?,'said Wakes- arrive tried. )avid, without a word of reply, turned He pa: tnly away. *rm i Ivernrd returned sadly to his home. gard ' * * 4 w * by ge.: forning came, bright and beautiful.? bis gti i dew lay in spangles on the grass; the whom Is wero singing their morning hymns ami >oitv. Happy, indeed, were tho in- snecre es of tho little cot on the hill side.? Ne i mother was engaged in household an am ies, while Kverard was making prepar- mittet n for his day of work. conim tudely and without ceremony the door 'y opened, and the sheriff of the county crime ;red, bearing in bis hand a State wnr- tlinn t, and grasping Evorard roughly by intorei arm, lie said, in a grutf voice: Tin You are my prisoner!" soner K.ir vil.utl" ~ - ?n iiiv iiiwrru- n' >ry of Everard. rooir, You will know for what, sir. I never Tlx arrested a villain, but he effected ig- They inee of the cause. You are charged, the fir line fellow, with arson, and, w hat is I ha' e, there is abundant proof of your tembc t." witne? It is false! false as God liveth! I can There ie by David Jackson, when I left the witnci ii " friend None of your protestation, my lad!? their no with iiiv! Get ready! 1 will see bad b L you burn no more bams, for a time, *!' his east!" | jsnd t; 'oor mother of Everard Hlakesley!? nave ing parent of a guiltless but ill-fated irrecoi Canst thou sun ive this blow? 1'ale and I l corpse, she had Mink into a chair.? ^ itlli eclde s in h<r terrible agonv, her eyes to be ? ; revealed her suffering. Tlx lut as the sheritl'hui ried Everard away, ?d? bu arose, ran wildly out, ai <1 cried in ac- I ed. ;s that would have nwakeued compas- Twi in any breast? to esU O, sir, my ls?y is innocent! He never feudal re-la humanizing! lie is too kind, Tlx gentle, too good, to commit so great a eluded ie. O, spare him this disgrace! Wait retired a dav, an hour, and we will. ? ?? I XVI1? >ecncv. UIhLoi Alas, mv gixxl woman," said tho sorrow ill', my duty is peremptory. I may Many delay; but it were cruel to conceal she hn 1 you the guilt of your son. The oath fever >avid Jackson renders certain the j?er- ever u 'ator of the crime." she fa md the sheriff, with liis prisoner, bur- engag away. would leart only can conceive the Agony of his sit t mother. She was alone! The pride very glory of her old age was reft from ho; would lie who spotu to her so kindly, would >so sinilo was ever readv to greet her, her be wo every look beamed with affection IIo her, was torn away, ller boy, her came risked one was the inmate of a prison; pense name damned with tho infamy of was ui io! Can sho endure all this! Can she hear ain at the dear home that Everard these: d so well! Cau she ever more take MP( ght in the dowers that he planted, in clever vines that were trained by his baud! to do ho returned, broken-hearted! The An< ny of one moment overwhelmed her, that v she sank on tho floor. A i change came o'ver her mind, and she David ot the present. Was she crazed! She story' again a child, happiy and joyous in inforn childhood's home, ller father came Th< r her and patted her kindly on the multit d. Her mother smiled tenderly upon mass I and spoke gently, as was her wont. j-j,, rushed to the old shide-Lrco on the ^ n; she ran to the iiiii-top that looked verdic m upon her hoiuc; sho sought the tta pi uk-sidc, and saw the tiny shells in its j |, <tal depths. There was no room for )j0 Mr ow in her heart! hand, 'he vision changed. Sho stood, a hap- ny rel bride, at the altar, and hy her side stood sumat father of Kvenurd Blakesley. The again, es of that joyous hour were rep rod uc- paasic n all their freshness in her heart. evidei >ttce more the vision changed. She aired \ bv tho bedside of her dvimr husband. I ou i took hid clammy hand in herV^The ed mi a ran scalding (heir pathway down hia citeim ek. Ilia last worda fell mournfully on almos car. ' been i lie cnreful of our boyl Rear him in from 1 'ways of virtue; teach him to than speefc le more atudionaly than he would ah tin cused th! Bid him remember that God ever Ha ; him, knowa every act, reads every ee- enltat thought M the heart. Then, when en ten lies on hia dying pillow, ho will not No to depart! God bless you!" and the wreck band and father expired, while the tade. isuig still lingered on hia lips. be wt he illusion was dispelled; the terrible upon tent was before her. She was Car from heaiK borne of her youth. Father, mother, ooae I baud, were all dead, and the waa alone. >oy, her dear boy, for whom Alone ] ived, was branded with ti felon's ent . bel ore! ciiaptkr in. dyi ready, far and wide, had spread the her r of Evcrard'a guilt. I have often 1 ked?and who not??that rumor Ev< intelligence where no tangible mes- No r has gone. Let a great crime be aloi litted, and in twenty-four hours, at a des ice of fifty miles, there will be a vague tern xaggcrated report thereof; but how lips i transmitted thither, none can tell. bis blic opinion, as a usual tiling, where Tin luestion of guilt or innocence is in- out 1, flows at first in a broad, deep chan- Tin There is a universal conviction of ed i or of innocence. Anon, however, I 'in see, without any perceptible cause, of . ranches spreading out in many di- faul directions from the parent stream.? I ase of Evernrd was no exception to swc jencral rule: everybody nt Hr.it be- rivn him guilty. Ah, how vain were all I of cotnmisseration to that mother, fan the innocence of her son was doubt- to p tcr le sped; tho term of court at length po& il at which the prisoner was to bo vid lie was led from his cell, and as win ssed through the assembled crowd, tun n nnn with tho sheriff, pale and hag- ton with grief, many a sigh was heaved 1 nerous hearts, and many a doubt of sunr lilt expressed. But there were those ros< i ho had treated kindly, who came tak looked scornfully upon his wo, and was d at him as he passed. a tr rer had tho court-room held so large ?t ilienco before. The crime was com- lay 1 in one of tlioao quiet, law-abiding gha unities where such offences are rare)wn, nnd at a period of time when was far less frequent in this country it is to-day. Hence the universal 1 st manifested by the people. so i ) indictment was rewd, and the pri- Gul asked for his plea. * curl r>t guilty," rang through the court- in I in a clear, full voice. real s witnesses for the Sate were called, perl ... v.... * 1- ? 1 "CI? uui 1CW, URYK1 tlHCKBOQ DClUg VRSl st. trib vid testified that on the 5th of Sep- 1 r, the defendant, at the request of the w. met witness at Mr.Jack*on,s bam. cool had been ill feeling between them; in t ? had sent for Evftard to make by s. Kverard came; they talked over to I differences, but Evflftrd manifested and lood. Ho aaid he Wtod David and ima i family; that DavjUKjd injured him, oxj> ilkcd about him, wolhat he wontd plai revenge. Thereupon, finding him pro ncileahle, ho turned upon his heel, bor eft defendant standing by the bam. win n half an hour tho bam was seen acq on fire. cep 5 witness was rigidly cross-exainin- ter it without any benefit to the aceus- par nes; 0 or three persons were then culled veh iblish the good character of the de- gro it. This was effected satisfactorily, the; s examination of witnesses was con- moi I; tho ease was argued, and the jury a la 1 to their room. the 1 where was the mother of Everard *CR' sleyf Overwhelmed by her deep r, she was prostrated by illness.? J1UI< a day, and many a dreamless night & id tossed on her pillow, racked with P4'" and delirium, ltut Kverard was . ' pperinost in her thought*. At times Jun' ncied him at home, a* was his wont, 6 . ed in the labors of the farm. Anon burst unon her tniint tlio n/ OUn uatioo, and she would shriek with agony of soul. Then, again, she ^?8 fancy it all a horrid dream, and wei call his i aine, and hid him come to cur' dside. 1 ur after hour passed by, and the jury not down. Thero was terrible sua- ^"e in tlie audience. Public sentiment c idergoing a revul ion, and you might aKr among the people sentiments like >or Everard," said one, "he was a , good-hearted fellow; always ready ^is acts of kindness to his neighbors." t**l otlier said, "This is the first charge " ras ever made against him," spn third said, "I didn't like the way carl i Jackson testified, lie told me a oft very different, and I wish I had so As led Everard's attorney." mo1 ) broad channel had diverged in a the ude of little streams. But still the pell believed him guilty. ing, ?jury came in. Multitudes in eager wei reath less haste rusnea in u> hear the :ii~ t The jury had not agreed, and acc isoner was remanded to jail. mfti ave said there was a chancre in pub- am' itiment, and it was visible on eVery A few believed him innocent: in?- P1"0 lected that the evidence was but cir- 1 antial, and they doubted. Others, frie , who believed him guilty, felt oom- can >n for bis mother, and thus it was Th< it that tbe majority of persons de- dog the prosecution to eease. he i I farmer Jackson was a good-heart- tha *n. After the first transport of ex- woi ent caused by his loss was passed, he dor ...j .1? J*? ? ?j ? n^iwou uim proceeding* nia an<i iMUtuled. lie bad known Everard pro hie infancy; he had known and re- ?un d the hither and mother of the ac- ape What oould be donet aug aaw the eoanael of the State; aeon- be ion waa had; a nolU promoui waa "a id, and Krerard waa aet at liberty. wh S not Krerard! The ehadow, the del : of Everard. He whom the multi- Bu met aad looked at coldly and ahy, giv 10 walked alowly with a heavy frown i hia brow, waa not the aaroe light- wei Mi aad gpenerowa youth, who bad wh Seen the favorite of the community Tb< i he welded. kni Ho bent Ins steps homeward. As he l. ered, his mother caught sight of his ' 1 over) features, and with the sudden ex-! or. ise of strength sometimes witnessed in j ^j011 ng persons, she arose, ran to him threw . | ' aims about his neck and expired. What now had the world in store for ,8 rard Blnkesley?. Had he a friend?? ! .?8 t one in all the wide world! lie was ' 1 'c no; scofl'ed at, sneered at, shunned and ! ; piscd. What wonder that curses, of-! 1 nr than blessings, emanated from his ! ^ . ) What wonder tlint, brooding over ! j c wrong, he became partially insane?? | it he chose to l>e a wanderer and an i we cast? That he left his native country! I was it ho changed his name! That he liv- j a c< II llPrmif Ittwl rlirwl ?i minon!Ki.ot%/.J I snot - -> * | s leader, should you ever pass the grave ! "Old Blaylock," be forgetful of his 1 a Its, and drop a tear for his misfortunes. *? fi Jut wliat became of the miscreant who c.nrt >rc away his soul in order to remove a . J >1 from his natlif lo married Eflio Winstar, engaged in Pa? ning, and for a time all things seemed rcln irosper. There was no farmer had bet- l11*8 stock; none lir.d heavier crops, none 0 sessed a more capacious barn than Da- ? Jackson. Hut who supposes that he i happy! Who imagines that the vul- I1'0" 5 conscience ever censed to inflict its nent? Hut retribution awaited him. )avid was at work on his farm one nner day, when a storm suddenly a ? s of such violence as to induce him to folio e shelter in his barn. The avenger waR i at hand! A vivid flash of lightning, wliil trrific and simultaneous peal of thunder scrc he great barn was on fire, and David fo?n stretched on the floor a livid and ranf stly corpse. of t i m M asce A Doc. Home AtiH van< ? J- f0||c 'wo friends of ours, staying a week or a'ty at ono of the watering-places on the caUf f, were necustomcd daily to rise at an y hour, and walk, fishing implements ttVO' land, to a bayou, about a mile in the ,na3 r of the hotel. Once there, benig ex- Sua L anglers, they committed much delation among the rauks of the finny c. 'he walk through tho pincy woods to trout and jierch-stored stream was h I and pleasant enough at five o'clock cal ho morning, but the return trip on foot, I eight or ten o'clock, was acknowledged togc >c less agreeable, as it was warmer T1 I more fatiguing. It will easily be virti gined, then, tliat at the last fishing I edition our friends made, which took ds t ce a few days since, the suggestion F ffered t>y one of them that they should w>tl row the onc-horsc cart of a carpenter, pee] 3 lived near by, and wbo was an you uaintanee of theirs, was speedily ac- I ted and put in execution. The carpon- way had no objections; the cart was pre- has ed, the little Creole mustang was liar- 1 sod, and our friends jumped into the ?<d, iclc and rattled off for the fishing her. und in high spirits. Knowing that ??o\ y would be able to bring back much C re fish than usual, they took with them <V>a rgo, stout champagne basket, which did y designed filling to the brim with the pors y victims of the book and line. Away not y rattled, then, as we said lioforc, and <*1 ii Jtly but ploddingly followed them a ( A e mongrel dog, belonging to the car- ?ian tor. iTy that dog hangs a tale: mou arrived near the bayou, the fishermen isblc ped out, tied the mustang to a sapling, | clos< iicred together their fishing-rods, lines, shell , champagne basket, spiriatual and er refreshments, and adjourned to brinks for piscatorial operations. The ^ ; curled himself up under the cart and it to sleep; the mustang slept without ling himself up. Ifter a couple of hours of pleasant and ^ gent labor, the champagne basket was not d, and the two confederates prepared lecatnp. Smiling and anticipating an ^ eeable drive home, they packed up ir booty and marched towards the cart. um< You untie the horse while I put the <s Let in," said tho chief fisherman to A comrade, and each proceeded to his ^ c* A Bow, wow, wow!" and the big dog .. ?ng out, and took his stand by the t, growling, showing a formdable array tun< eeth,and braking in a terrible manner. ?boi soon as either fisherman made a row rement Upwards the cart, or the horse q dog flew at him like a fury, and com- ^ led him to a precipitate retreat. Coax, threats, pebble* and sticks thrown, ^ e of no use?they only made tho ani- I 1 more ferocious. Ho wr? evidently C ustomed to act as truardain to his I j iter's cart when the master was absent, I the fellow (the dog, we mean) was as tinately bent on the preserving the ' perty from all invasion. ( ro depict the embarrassment of our 1 nds at this ludicrous coup d'etat of (, ine invention, would t>e impossible. < re was no use in trying to outwit the r, his movements were so rapid, and 0,10 k) planly had the advantage of position, t no sudden dash at the horse or cart J ild be successful, without a total aban- g,.? unent of all the baggage, equipment, WftH I booty. One of the two adventures IWMiwI >a it/* aural' urilli (Via iliva !.?? ! * I?? ? "J " "J j unary measured, but that plan was j Pcr edily abandoned. The other Anally the geited that the basket of fish should jja left behind, and that they should make | hop, skip, and a jump" for uie cart, ' ere ooee established, tney rould easily Fr" and hemeelves from the canine enemy, wet t the other man swore he would rather he 1 e up his head than hia fish. , kt length this last named individual lit into the boshes to cut a long pole, ^ ( erewith to stir op the ferocious animal, a other expedition* er tied a hunting- 7ou lb to a fishing-rod' and approached *hu horse's head with a design of cutting rope and setting the pouy free. In er to divert the dog's attention, he iited to the brush?inadvertently in _ precise direction where his companion [ disappeared?and "shood !" on the ; to attach an invisible enemy. The ; rushed in the direction pointed out; other man just then emerged from bush; the dog caught him not exactly he small part of the back, or the middle ;hc thigh either. A desperate, but f struggle ensued, and in an instant unfortunate fisherman exclamed?but will not say what he exclaimed. It well for him, however, that he had >at, the tailors of which were not over i. trange as it may seem, this ludicrous ir ended in our friends being obliged ^ive up all hope of going home in the , and to return on foot through the [> sand and broiling sun, burthened i all the fishingtackle, and the cliamne basket filled with fish. The dog ained master of the field, and his iter, the carpenter, had to go after him rder to bring back tne mustang and cart. Leader, singular as it may seem, this er story is a true tide. Fatal Accident. Vf. regret to learn that a likely negro w, belonging to Mr. John E. Brown, instantly killed on the 27th instant, j le engaged in packing cotton, at his w, at his plantation some few miles 1 our Town. It appears, that in ar- ' png the bagging, on the lower part Cf he platform, while the screw was "J nding, his head had inadvertently ad;cd a few inches under the box?the ^ over becoming suddenly and accident- , detached from the screw pin, fell, and >ed instant death, by strik nghis head. , L is true that accidents cannot be always ^ ded, but this melancholy incident r serve to put planters more on their rd in this important particular. Black River Watchman. , It ? " ? ir Flowers of Truth. 01 Ionky is a useful servant but a tyrani- u, master. M 'rofanity and politeness never associate p, ;ther. ^ be most abandoned, respect and admire \ lie. u, 'he contemplation of great ends expan- rj" he soul. b, "oily?For girls to expect to be happy jr lout marai ige. If you would take a p at sunshine, look iu the face of a vj ng mother. sc Jnensy and ambitious gentility is al s spurious. The garment which one long worn never sits uncomfortably. ^ Missions act as wind to propel our vesand our reason is the pilot that steers Without the wind we could not e, without the pilot we should be lost. aj >ne of the most important female ?j, lilies is sweetness of temper. Heaven not give to woman insinuation and pj uasion in order to be imperious, it did 8U give them a sweet voice to be employ- ]0! n scolding. jR t recent writer assorts that the less a .1 i knows, the wider lie carries his ith open, lie says?4 It is as impos! for an ignoramus to keep his jaws Tl -J as it is for a sick oyster to keep his 1 shut. ' T m m m Tl ercantile Questions and Answers- Tt ?. What is double entry ? l. Charging the same thing twice. ^ What is single entry ? l. Charging a man with goods, but crediting the cash he pays for them. . What is book-keeping ? u Forgetting to return borrowed vol Weat is a blotter ? *L l. An Editor. nj }. What is a Ledger ? vl. A counting house companion upon 1> ch people often spend their entire for- RJ as, also, a paper which every man 11 uld have one of his own, and not bor- t( his neighbor's. }, What is a Banker ? ct 1. The man that has the deal. 01 2. What is the business ot a banker. 1. Catching suckers. J. What is a? inland draft! ci L An easterly wind. 1? 2. What is a foreign draft ? t. A glass of cognac. (j V What ia a nPAmiauAfw f i. Acceptance of an invitation. at J. What i* a negotiable note ! w {. Don't know?never could make m _ l>i tW A romantic sentimental young tleinnn, whoae light colored moustache d< , somewhat oatentatiously "hung out," ,n i sign of " apartments to let in the up story," while promenading Broad St., m other afternooo picked np a thimble, m sUkkI a while meditating upon the bable beauty of the owner, when he wed it to hia lipa, saying, 44 Oh, that it e the cheek of the wearer." Just as 0| had finished, a big negro wench look- li ?ut at the window, and said?" Boss, pleaae trow dat timble of mine up in ^ sntry, I jist now drap it." The gallant * th hunted, and wse carried home on a J; tier. u iunitoq IRpflMng. From, the Star Sj<a?fjled Bmirwr. Oh, No! It is not Sad to Die* UY no It BERT O. STAI'LKH. Ti? sad to die' Oh, say not so! Let eiirtli bo ore so bright, The triune God can quickly change Its brightness iuto night; Although the world bo bright and free, It is not like eternity. Though in the grave our bodies lie, Our ransomed souls shall rise To lifo divine?transplanted be, Beyond the beaming skies; There we may dwell beneath the throne. Where Jesus raigns, and reigns alone. Tis sad to die ? oh, no, no, no, Though fjiends may mourn our loss, Tis sweet to know they too shall die, And Jourdan's billows cross. The joys of earth nrc fading, few, When Heavenly bliss is kept in view. An Incident with a Moral. Fok some weeks past, a lone Indian nt hns been standing on the western ope of Fox Hill, Hobokcn, the inmates * which were an old Indian, his squaw, fid a son. They are wanderers, wo flieve, from some Canadian tribe, and tme to that neighbohood about two lonths ago. On Sunday last, the chief 'the wigwam, who had been ailing for une time past, was gathered to the land 'his fathers. A few days previously, ie squaw had 6et out for the State of nine, to bring two children sho had on ie frontier to the tent, to see the old man ;fore the Great Spirit called him home: it her errand, alas! it turned out, was iidertaken too late. The scene at the :nt, as soon as it was known that the idian was dead, was curious and affectig. The son sat mutely and moodily a the ground, with his arms folded, ami is dark, piercing eye sorrowfully fixed poll the corpse of his dead sire. It emed strange to him that they should it the body into a coffin, instead of in rririg it after the maner uf his own people, s soon as the c.jflin was carried aw?v f the undertaker, tlie tent was ruthlessly lied of most of its contents?Wads, iskets, And other trinkets which the idians had Wen making for a livelihood, y some pale-faced vagabonds in the einity, spite of tho remonstrances of une kind-hearted women, who, with lose tender and humane impulses native ) the sex, had all along Wen attentive the wants of the dying otrangcr. Tho nt itself was even carried away, leaving ic surviving Indian to make his hod on ic cold, damp earth, with only the skv xivo for a covering. And there he was tting, last night, wating in silent sorrow e return of his absent relative from her Igrimage to the cast. It was a sad, ggestivo incident?the death of tho lie Indian on the hill. His epitaph the epitaph of a race, in this region o e country, once all his own. Alas, for them, their day is o'er, heir fires arc out from shore to shore : > more for them the wild deer bounds? ho plow is on their hnnting grounds? le pale man's axe rings thro' their woods? le pale man's sail skims o'er thoir floods, Their pleasant springs are dry; heir children look by power oppressed, ;vond the mountains of tho west? Their children iro to die !" jV. Y. Expresn. Triumph of intellect. Liu the immortality, of the soul, it wil' irvive long after the gold of the miser is become dross. It is ns lasting as eierity itself. Ages after ages may roll aay, and yet intellect will exist iu all her eauty and splendor, moving on in unparlleled swiftness,in that upward flight, un1 it has conquered the mysterious and ntbought of tilings of earth; in its ascent >wards perfection. And what is intellect, lat it should thus thrive and prosper, >ming off victorious in the encounter of lergy, difficulty, coming very near to lighty wisdom ? It is the mind of man. nd what has mind accomplished, what is yet to accomplish ) It was mind that (used Roger Sherman to throw down the *t and hammar for the pen and book, nd exchange the bench for one of the ifliest Rents among the champions of frecom. It was the intellect of Hastings tat gave to America her conspicuous and among the nations of the earth, It as the wisdom of Jefferson that penned r the Republic the most lured doculent on record. America would never ave been discovered, but for the sUipendii8 mind of Christopher Columbus. Thus it ih, we might enumerate indents without number, where triumphant itellect has held her sway, where the iind of man has accomplished things lat have been of that benefit to mortal an, which language caunot express, nor ind hardly realize. Language is inadequate to deleniate in 1 its beauty and sublimity. Heboid with hatfacilty the learned advocate expounds to law of the land, and by rapid flashes F eloquence, restores to the captive his berty. God speed the man of talent, that his Mirse may be onward and upward, dating, piercing, be hishrtdteet,for by ..he an vrsdenee his high ongia and jrioify the image of his maker.?Wo- ? bm Journal.